Posted in Artist Inspiration, Know your Outcome, Learning to paint, Lob Lolly Cove, Nature and Art, Uncategorized, Welcome on Jul 18th, 2009
The Landscape Artist Speaks Do you have a hard time selecting just the right frame for your original paintings? Do you know that oils, watercolors or pastels requires a different type frame? Do you know why? The number one problem is selecting the right style framing for your painting. There are several things to consider [...]
Posted in Know your Outcome, Learning to paint, Lob Lolly Cove, Nature and Art, Uncategorized on May 4th, 2009
Since I’m working on the watercolor table, I’ll take the time to organize tubes of paint by color. Usually there are paint in five baskets. Red, Yellow, Blue, Green and Neutral colors. Also, the watercolor brushes need sorting. There are flats, and rounds, large, medium and small, these are separated into the same categories. Stored [...]
Posted in Learning to paint, Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2009
In the previous blog post, I talked about using watercolor pencils, but I would also like to discuss pastel pencils. The brand of pastel pencils I like are Schwan Stabilo, professional line. A metal box of 60 colors. This is a great set and gives many colors for mixing. They make a rich, even area [...]
